Comments on: XP: Repair or fix master boot record using recovery console

By: SEARCHY4

SEARCHY4 — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 01:53:23 +0000

you do know that format basicly means erase.so you erased your whole drive and everything on it.you lost it all.only thing to do now is re install windows.sorry for the bad news

By: Luis

Luis — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:42:09 +0000

Thank you, thank you, thank you.

Your instructions worked like a charm. Flawlessly.

I installed Ubuntu 9.04 on a flash drive because I didn't want it to mess up my hard drives and it never occurred to me that it would change the MBR anyway. Live and learn.

By: rg3fb

rg3fb — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 05:41:48 +0000

Hi. i have a secondary sata hard disk, which don't have xp on it, with huge of important files on it but it doesn't appear on my computer. when i look in device manager i found it an dit says that the device is working properly. when i go to “volumes' and i click on populate, the device 'type' has been change from “basic” to “dynamic” and its “status” has also been change from “online” to “foreign”. its “capacity” , “unallocated space” and ” reserved space” are 0mb. could someone help me to resolve this problem.

By: stephenjeck

stephenjeck — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 14:07:32 +0000

What if it doesn't recognize the CD ROM drive as a boot drive even though thte BIOs is set to read it first????

By: shobhit_goel10

shobhit_goel10 — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 10:31:47 +0000

can fixmbr make one lose ALL data on a hard drive??

By: rafkid

rafkid — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 11:11:09 +0000

thanks – worked a treat- quick and simple

By: Dale L.

Dale L. — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 20:35:08 +0000

Automatic logon

You can enable automatic logon to the Recovery Console. Run regedit from the Run command and go to this registry key: by default, the level is set to "0" - simply change it to "1" and you will never be prompted for the administrator password...

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWARE
MicrosoftWindows NTCurrentVersion
SetupRecoveryConsole
SecurityLevel
DWORD = 1

By: andrew

andrew — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 09:08:41 +0000

THanks.
Your method applies to the assumption that installation is on Drive C:

What if the failed drive is another drive, or second or third hard drive attached to the computer through USB hub. Will there be an option to select the damaged drive?

By: softwaregadgets

softwaregadgets — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 06:21:17 +0000

what should i do if i don't even have any bootable window xp cd ? is there any recommended tools which can fix it [ mbr,boot file ] properly ?
thanks in advance

By: WebMax

WebMax — Thu, 21 May 2009 06:35:34 +0000

I've used the recovery console lot's of time, it's an excellent in-built tool. If you don't know any commands just type in HELP and a list of them will pop up.